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Basic Baby Blanket
We at Mckay Manor Musers love a simple project with a purpose. Nothing fulfills those requirements like a baby blanket. You can easily start and finish a sweet little baby blanket in a matter of hours. Plus, you have an excuse to buy absolutely adorable fabrics that...
Joining “quilt as you go” blocks with sashing
We get lots of questions about our "quilt as you go" patterns. When people get to the step where we have you join the blocks with sashing, they tend to get concerned that we did our math wrong. It's not that it's impossible for us to have done the math wrong. That has...
Snowman Placemat
We have yet another free pattern! This one is for an adorable winter placemat with a cute little snowman applique. The steps are super easy to follow and it uses our simple sew and flip method of construction. The best part? Once you know the method you can use any...
Looking Pretty in Ruffles
We discoved a fun and easy way to make a beautiful skirt that only looks complicated! We used Ruffle Fabric(™) which is a pre-ruffled knit fabric. It comes in lots of varieties from a small lightweight ruffle, to a heavier wider ruffle, to a varigated ruffle that goes...
Fleece Owl Hat Tutorial
We decided one new pattern just wasn't enough. This is just the second in a set of three free patterns, so keep watching for the third one to pop up! Free Fleece Hat Pattern This adorable hat pattern is perfect for the little ones in your life! It has a happy little...
Salty Starfish Tutorial
Yep, we're pretty bad about keeping this blog up to date. But as Quilt Market in Houston Texas rolls around yet again so does another free pattern! Two of our new quilts are focused on the ocean: Pirate Posse and Mermaid Marina. We decided that it would be fun to give...
A Cotton-bound Fleece Blanket
Clearly, our goal to be better about updating our blog was a miserable failure. But, we have yet another free pattern for you! And this time it's all about binding. Different Bindings In the past, we have done just about anything to avoid putting bindings on our...
Kid’s Pocket Scarf
Hello there! As you may have noticed, we aren't the best about updating this blog. We are hoping to be better about putting things up here. In that spirit, we are going to start off this new attention to our blog with a bang. Or, more accurately, with a free pattern....
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